Social Media

Turn Your Phone Into an Interactive "Hello My Name Is" Badge

Two-year-old startup Contxts is ready to prove it has graduated from a fledging SMS-focused contact exchange upstart to a mature competitor in the mobile contact-sharing market with a new interactive badge feature.

The scrappy startup has managed to transform Contxts profiles into interactive "Hello my name is" badges for mobile phones. Contxts users need only navigate to contxts.com/sxsw on their mobile device, sign in and save the webpage to their home screen.

The mobile badge displays a user's name alongside a QR code that when scanned will pass along contact details. The badge also cycles through a user's latest tweets and checkins, highlights fun facts and puts other social data on dynamic display using information from a user's profile.

Best of all, Contxts will be gifting lanyards and phone holders to SXSW attendees. So if you're going to SXSW, you can wear your phone as an interactive name tag around your neck. Just make sure to reserve yours by sending an e-mail to sxsw@contxts.com.

The geeky fashion accessory is a super visual way to convey to fellow attendees that you're with the digital revolution, even if it might drain your battery over time.

The fun festival-appropriate badge is the perfect way for Contxts to standout at SXSW and drive home the utility of its more grownup but still simple contact-sharing system.

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